Kash Patel says that AI use at the FBI has ‘increased by 605%’ since he became director — claims that every major tech player is ’embedded’ in the agency

FBI Director Kash Patel stated in an interview that he’s responsible for a “605% increase” in the bureau’s usage of AI. The problem is that it’s hard to pin down what the figure refers to.

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Autonomous NATO strike drone uses Nvidia Jetson Orin Nano to independently pick and bomb targets — Swedish startup’s attack drones run small AI model, require no human input and zero external comms
 Autonomous NATO strike drone uses Nvidia Jetson Orin Nano to independently pick and bomb targets — Swedish startup’s attack drones run small AI model, require no human input and zero external comms

Drones built with small, non-frontier computer-vision models autonomously identified and attacked targets in a recent demo.

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Jensen Huang says there is ‘0% chance’ AI destroys the world by 2030 — ‘We should go as fast as we can, irrespective of anyone else,’ dismisses Anthropic doom warnings and rejects new regulations
 Jensen Huang says there is ‘0% chance’ AI destroys the world by 2030 — ‘We should go as fast as we can, irrespective of anyone else,’ dismisses Anthropic doom warnings and rejects new regulations

Chief executive of Nvidia claims that fears that AI will destroy humanity in the coming years are unsubstantiated as safety mechanisms can preserve that.

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Google’s simulated fruit fly brain ‘mines Bitcoin’ in web browser proof of concept — FutureBit says real organic neuron miner could have ’10x the efficiency of the best silicon 3nm ASICs’
 Google’s simulated fruit fly brain ‘mines Bitcoin’ in web browser proof of concept — FutureBit says real organic neuron miner could have ’10x the efficiency of the best silicon 3nm ASICs’

A project claimed to represent ‘the first organic neuron Bitcoin miner based on the fly brain’ has gone live.

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ChatGPT-6 Astra cracks 108-year-old unsolved WWI German code for the first time — radio message sharing enemy movement intelligence had evaded decoding, 1918 Crimean fleet warning verified against HMS Canterbury logs
 ChatGPT-6 Astra cracks 108-year-old unsolved WWI German code for the first time — radio message sharing enemy movement intelligence had evaded decoding, 1918 Crimean fleet warning verified against HMS Canterbury logs

108 years after it was originally transmitted, an encrypted World War I German radio message has apparently been deciphered for the first time.

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Researchers create DNA computer that performs 100-bit calculations without electricity — molecular system uses self-assembling strands to perform computing

Maynooth University researchers built a scaffolded DNA computer that uses molecular reactions to perform arithmetic and 100-bit calculations without electrical power.

This week on Tom’s Hardware Premium: September 19, 2026 — Steam Frame interview, killer AI models, and the DRAM crisis deepens
 This week on Tom’s Hardware Premium: September 19, 2026 — Steam Frame interview, killer AI models, and the DRAM crisis deepens

This week on Tom’s Hardware Premium, we offer deep-dives into the Steam Frame, explore how AI is changing the landscape of consumer electrionics, and how advanced AI accelerators are reaching Eastern shores, despite export controls.

Elon Musk’s Terafab hits a roadblock before making a single chip, receives cease-and-desist order — firm files trademark lawsuit, has sold Tera-Fab-branded lithography tools for over a decade

Elon Musk’s Terafab semiconductor project has run into an unexpected trademark dispute with Tera-print, a small U.S. company that has used the Tera-Fab name for its tabletop lithography equipment for about a decade.

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Intel suspends bug bounty program that paid up to $100,000 per flaw — new Intigriti disclosure program offers no rewards
 Intel suspends bug bounty program that paid up to $100,000 per flaw — new Intigriti disclosure program offers no rewards

Intel’s bug bounty program on Intigriti now shows as suspended, and a new Intel disclosure program there pays no bounties.

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House passes act to make AI data centers pay for grid upgrades to minimize impact on residents — measure directs states to consider adoption of federal standard within two years of passing
 House passes act to make AI data centers pay for grid upgrades to minimize impact on residents — measure directs states to consider adoption of federal standard within two years of passing

This Ratepayer Protection Act will make data centers pay for grid upgrades made in their name. However, it still has to go through the senate and the White House, before being considered by individual state regulators for adoption.

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